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Posted on 10-07-2017 06:34
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 Would like to know the family if possible. Collected in Matapouri Bay New Zealand during summer 2016\2017.
Maybe Helcomyzidae?
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 Here a lateral view
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 Dorsal view of the same
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 Just don't know
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 Seems very interesting Helcomyzidae. Paractora species ?
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 According to Marshall's book on flies, Helcomyzidae lack vibrissae. Maybe Canacidae.
 
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 Oops, you're right John.
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 Thanks John, Canacidae looks about right.
 
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 The fly is Tethinosoma fulvifrons (Horaismopterinae: Canacidae), endemic to New Zealand
 
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